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The ‘30×30’ conservation goal divides and inspires at COP15

Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, who is from Nepal, and represents the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, questioned whether the “top-down” approach associated with 30×30 would work unless those implementing it radically changed their approach to Indigenous peoples. These areas hold 139 billion metric tons of “irrecoverable” carbon, and researchers said this is where 30×30 efforts should be concentrated.